Call for ASC O1 Consensus Body Members

The Accredited Standards Committee O1 (ASC O1) is seeking new members to represent specific interest categories on the Committee.  The (ASC O1) is an ANSI-Accredited Standards Developer and is the consensus body that works to develop the O1.1 standards for the safe design, installation and use of woodworking and accessory equipment, used in industrial and commercial applications, having a total connected power of 3.7kw (5hp) or greater, or having 3-phase wiring.

In order to achieve/maintain balance on the consensus body, they are actively seeking new members to represent the following interest categories:

• Government Agency - A permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions.
• Insurance - A company, organization or industry that provides coverage by contract whereby one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by a specified contingency or peril.
• Integrator - An entity that designs, provides, manufactures or assembles a machine, its associated machines or equipment, the safeguarding, control interfaces, interconnections or the control system into a machinery system.
• Labor - An organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions.  Labor, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labor contracts (collective bargaining) with employers.  This may include the negotiation of wages, work rules, complaint procedures, rules governing hiring, firing and promotion of workers, benefits, workplace safety and policies.  The agreements negotiated by the union leaders are binding on the rank and file members and the employer, and in some cases, on other non-member workers.
• Student -  non-voting member who meets at least one of the following qualifications regarding a curriculum determined by the committee at the time of membership application to be an educational program relevant to the scope of the Committee’s responsibilities:
• Is or credibly plans to be actively enrolled full time for at least two semesters/quarters of the current school year, or
• Has graduated from the program within the last two years.

If you are interested in applying to participate under one of these categories, please complete the Application and return to Nikki Augsburger, ASC O1 Secretariat at nikki@wmmma.org. Or if you know of someone who would be interested in participating under one of these interest categories, please ask them to complete the Application and return to Nikki Augsburger at the aforementioned email address, or you can send the name and contact info to Nikki who will reach out on the ASC O1’s behalf. All applications are must be reviewed and approved by the ASC O1 members.

To learn more about the work of the ASC O1, visit https://wmma.org/page/ASCO1